1994 Cannes Film Festival Explained
The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel Coen[5] and closed with Serial Mom, directed by John Waters.[6] [7] Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Official Selection:[8]
- Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer
- Kazuo Ishiguro, British writer
- Alexander Kaidanovsky, Russian actor and filmmaker
- Marie-Françoise Leclère, French journalist
- Lalo Schifrin, Argentine-American musician
- Shin Sang-ok, South Korean filmmaker and producer
- Alain Terzian, French-Armenian producer
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Caméra d'Or:
- Marthe Keller, Swiss actress - Jury President
- Hans Beerekamp, Dutch journalist
- Josée Brossard, France
- Mario Dorminsky, Portugal
- An-Cha Flubacher Rhim, Switzerland
- François Ode, France
- Georges Pansu, France
- Jacques Zimmer, France
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[9] The Palme d'Or winner has been
highlighted.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
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Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs | Курочка Ряба | data-sort-value="Konchalovsky" | | Russia |
Barnabo of the Mountains | Barnabo delle montagne | data-sort-value="Brenta" | | Italy |
The Browning Version | data-sort-value="Figgis" | | United Kingdom |
Burnt by the Sun | Утомлённые солнцем | data-sort-value="Mikhalkov" | | Russia, France |
data-sort-value="Confucian" | A Confucian Confusion | data-sort-value="Du li" | 獨立時代 | data-sort-value="Yang" | | Taiwan |
Dead Tired | Grosse Fatigue | data-sort-value="Blanc" | | France |
Dear Diary | Caro diario | data-sort-value="Morretti" | | Italy, France |
Exotica | data-sort-value="Egoyan" | | Canada |
The Hudsucker Proxy | data-sort-value="Coen" | | United States, United Kingdom |
To Live | 活著 | data-sort-value="Yimou" | | China |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | data-sort-value="Rudolph" | | United States |
My Own | Swaham | data-sort-value="Karun" | | India |
data-sort-value="Patriots" | The Patriots | data-sort-value="patriotes" | Les patriotes | data-sort-value="Rochant" | | France |
Pulp Fiction | data-sort-value="Tarantino" | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
data-sort-value="Pure" | A Pure Formality | data-sort-value="pura" | Una pura formalità | data-sort-value="Tornatore" | | Italy, France |
Queen Margot | data-sort-value="Reine" | La Reine Margot | data-sort-value="Chereau" | | France |
data-sort-value="Queen of" | The Queen of the Night | data-sort-value="reina" | La reina de la noche | data-sort-value="Ripstein" | | Mexico |
Rice People | អ្នកស្រែ | data-sort-value="Panh" | | Cambodia |
| Trois couleurs: Rouge | data-sort-value="Kieslowski" | | France, Poland, Switzerland |
Through the Olive Trees | زیر درختان زیتون | data-sort-value="Kiarostami" | | Iran |
data-sort-value="Unforgettable" | An Unforgettable Summer | data-sort-value="ete" | O vară de neuitat | data-sort-value="Pintilie" | | Romania, France |
data-sort-value="Violin" | The Violin Player | data-sort-value="joueur" | Le joueur de violon | data-sort-value="Van Dame" | | France, Belgium |
data-sort-value="Whores" | The Whores | data-sort-value="buttane" | Le buttane | data-sort-value="Grimaldi" | | Italy | |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland by Alex Proyas
- El héroe by Carlos Carrera
- Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
- Parlez Après Le Signal Sonore by Olivier Jahan
- Passage by Raimund Krumme
- Sure To Rise by Niki Caro
- Syrup by Paul Unwin
- Una Strada Diritta Lunga by Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):[12]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Performance Anxiety by David Ewing (United States)
- One Night Stand by Bill Britten (United Kingdom)
- Poubelles by Olias Barco (France)
- Ponchada by Alejandra Moya (Mexico)
- Los Salteadores by Abi Feijo (Portugal)
- Home Away From Home by Maureen Blackwood (United Kingdom)
- Off Key by Karethe Linaae (Canada)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1994 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]
Short films
- 75 centilitres de prières by Jacques Maillot
- Deus ex machina by Vincent Mayrand
- Dimanche ou les fantômes by Laurent Achard
- Eternelles by Erick Zonca
- Troubles ou la journée d’une femme ordinaire by Laurent Bouhnik
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1994 Official selection awards:[16] [17]
Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
Nanni Moretti for Caro diario
Grosse Fatigue by Michel Blanc
Virna Lisi for Queen Margot
Ge You for To Live
Queen Margot by Patrice ChéreauGolden Camera
Coming to Terms with the Dead (Petits arrangements avec les morts) by Pascale Ferran
Short films
El héroe by Carlos Carrera
- First Jury Prize: Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
- Second Jury Prize: Syrup by Paul Unwin
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes[18]
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury
Award of the Youth[21]
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
Media
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 47ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 7 June 2017.
- News: Cannes' conclusion gives Eastwood a break, American filmmakers accolades . 24 May 2017 . 2017-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072327/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-05-25/features/1994145031_1_quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-cannes-film-festival . dead .
- News: Surprise Pick: 'Pulp Fiction' : Cannes report: Quentin Tarantino's film is the third movie about the underbelly of American life to win the Palme d'Or in the last six years. . Los Angeles Times . 24 May 2017 . Kenneth . Turan . 24 May 1994.
- News: Film Festival Review: Pulp Fiction- Quentin Tarantino's Wild Ride On Life's Dangerous Road . The New York Times . 24 May 2017 . Janet . Maslin . 23 September 1994.
- News: Great Cannes Openers . empireonline.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214150018/http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/4.asp . 14 December 2013 . dmy.
- News: Fewer American films in Cannes competition . baltimoresun.com . 24 May 2017 . 2017-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072324/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-05-12/features/1994132161_1_hudsucker-proxy-pulp-fiction-competition . dead .
- News: A Dark Comedy Wins at Cannes . The New York Times . 24 May 2017 . Janet . Maslin . 24 May 1994.
- Web site: All Juries 1994 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141602/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
- Web site: Official Selection 1994: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113134108/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/allSelections.html . 13 November 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: The Model . . 17 July 2022.
- Web site: The Model . Jonathan Brough . 17 July 2022.
- Web site: 33e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1994 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 9 June 2017.
- Web site: Quinzaine 1994 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 7 June 2017 . 6 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171106164636/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1994/ . live .
- Web site: Anurag Kashyap: 'The perception of India cinema is changing' . Digital Spy . 28 May 2012 . 25 May 2017.
- Web site: Shekhar Kapur, exclusive interview . Festival de Cannes . 20 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928201638/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/theDailyArticle/57637.html . 28 September 2015 . dmy.
- News: Awards 1994: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012034010/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/allAward.html . 12 October 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: 1994 - Le Jury, Les Prix . cannes-fest.com . fr . 7 June 2017.
- Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1994 . fipresci.org . 27 June 2017.
- Web site: Jury Œcuménique 1994 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 27 June 2017.
- Web site: Jury Œcuménique 1994 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 27 June 2017.
- Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards 1994 . imdb.com . 27 June 2017.